#EDC157#EDC157

#EDC157 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.133 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC157
RGB	rgb(237, 193, 87)
HSL	hsl(42, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 63.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.09, 4.29, 57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.09, 58.03, 85.76°)
OKLab	oklab(83% 0.0081 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(83% 0.133 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.7182, 56.8360, 17.0507)
Luminance	0.5683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC157 #5783ED

analogous

#ED7657 #EDC157 #CEED57

triadic

#EDC157 #57EDC1 #C157ED

tetradic

#EDC157 #57ED76 #5783ED #ED57CE

square

#EDC157 #57ED76 #5783ED #ED57CE

split-complementary

#EDC157 #57CEED #7657ED

monochromatic

#B68614 #E7AD20 #EDC157 #F3D58E #F9EAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#EDC157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#EDC157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC157

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC157	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 193, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.133 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d38a',
    500: '#edc157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc157;
$custom-light: #f6d38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.4,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82997,
    "c": 0.13275,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC157

secondary

#3359B6

accent

#47DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC157

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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